MEDIA RESOURCES

The Lottery’s Office of Public Affairs and Communications team leads the outreach efforts highlighting the Lottery’s mission of raising additional, supplemental funding for education.

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Lottery Media Contacts

Carolyn Becker, Deputy Director

Michael Bond, Information Officer I

Greg Parashak, Information Officer I

If you're not with the media, please contact our main Customer Service Department at 1-800-LOTTERY (1-800-568-8379)

November 2024 Press Releases

NOVEMBER 19 - California Lottery Reminds Players to Gift Responsibly This Holiday Season: Scratchers® Aren’t Toys

NOVEMBER 15 - ‘Shell-Shocked’ Nurse Discovers Cure for Debt After Turning $10 Investment Into $1 Million Scratchers® Win!

NOVEMBER 6 - Mega Millions® Ticket Sold in California Wins $1.2+ Million

October 2024 Press Releases

OCTOBER 25 - Trip to the Landfill Leads to a $2 Million California Lottery Scratchers® Win and a Disbelieving Boss!

OCTOBER 10 - California Lottery Ticket Wins Big in Powerball®

OCTOBER 7 - Mega Millions® to get MEGA enhancements in April 2025

OCTOBER 3 - California Lottery Celebrates 39 Years of Raising Funds for Public Education

OCTOBER 2 - CA Lottery Scratchers® Winner Celebrates Lucky Streak, Including Winning a $10 Million Top Prize

September 2024 Press Releases

SEPTEMBER 19 - Winner Quiets Her Skeptics After a Special Shopping Trip She’ll Never Forget

SEPTEMBER 7 - California Lottery Ticket Wins More Than $2 Million as Mega Millions® Jackpot Inches Closer to a Billion

SEPTEMBER 1 - New Month, New California Lottery Millionaire

August 2024 Press Releases

AUGUST 27 - Two $2 Million CA Lottery Tickets Set to Expire Soon

AUGUST 23 - California Scratchers® Winners Celebrate Big Wins Across the State

AUGUST 20 - JACKPOT! Powerball® Ticket Sold in Southern California Wins $44.3 Million

AUGUST 17 - Mega Millions® Ticket Worth More Than $1 Million Sold in Southern California

AUGUST 12 - CA Lottery Players Scratch Their Way to $22 Million in Prizes

AUGUST 2 - Fair Fortune! $1 Million CA Lottery Ticket Sold at the OC Fair

July 2024 Press Releases

JULY 25 - Routine Errands Lead to Lucky Million-Dollar Win as CA Lottery Players Scratch Their Way to $21 Million in Prizes

JULY 22 - A Winning Weekend – SuperLotto Plus® Ticket Sold in NorCal Hits $54 Million Jackpot

JULY 15 - CA Lottery Announces Daily Derby® Special Promotion

JULY 12 - California Lottery Celebrates National Lottery Week with Record Contributions to Public Education

JULY 1 - CA Lottery Kicks Off Fiscal Year, Projecting More Than $2.08 Billion for Public Education

June 2024 Press Releases

JUNE 28 - Summer Sizzles With Over $19 Million in New CA Lottery Winners!

JUNE 25 - Winner Comes Forward With One of Two Mega Millions® Jackpot-Winning Tickets Sold at the Same Store in CA

JUNE 18 - CA Lottery Cautions Its 23,000+ Retail Partners: Don’t Sell to Digital Ticket-Ordering Companies

JUNE 7 - A Small Store Wins Big as Two CA Lottery Players Cash in $28 Million in Prizes

JUNE 6 - CA Lottery Player Wins $1 Million Scratchers® Prize at Neighborhood Market She Rode Her Bicycle to as a Kid

JUNE 5 - $2.9+ Million California Lottery Ticket Remains Unclaimed With Deadline Approaching

May 2024 Press Releases

MAY 23 - CA Lottery Wins Come in All Sizes as Seven Lucky Players Win Over $28 Million Combined

MAY 19 - A Winning Weekend for One Lucky California Lottery Player

MAY 14 - California Lottery Wins Two Prestigious Awards for Financial Reporting

MAY 1 - CA Lottery Players Win Millions To Start Off May

April 2024 Press Releases

APRIL 4 - A Little Play Can Make Your Day: CA Lottery Names Five New Millionaires Thanks to Several Popular Scratchers® Games

APRIL 4 - Two CA Lottery Tickets Miss Jackpot by One Number....Win More Than $1.5 Million Anyway

APRIL 3 - Tonight’s $1.09 Billion Powerball® Jackpot Among Top Ten Highest Jackpots on Records

APRIL 1 - No Joke: Powerball® Jackpot Jumps to $1 BILLION as CA Lottery Names Two More Big Winners

March 2024 Press Releases

MARCH 30 - As the Powerball® Jackpot Approaches $1 Billion, CA Lottery Reminds Players – Don’t Buy Tickets Online

MARCH 29 - Back-to-Back Billion-Dollar Announcements for CA Lottery

MARCH 28 - Boosting the Bottom Line: Lottery Sales – Good for Communities Across CA

MARCH 27 - Mega Millions® Jackpot Evades California Lottery Players Once Again, But One Lucky Ticket Still Wins $1+ Million

MARCH 26 - Is Billion the New Million? CA Lottery Puts This Week’s Giant Jackpots Into Context

MARCH 25 - Every Dollar Counts: Two Giant Jackpots Fuel Funding for California Public Education

MARCH 24 - $2.4 Million Powerball® Ticket Sold in Southern California

MARCH 23 - More Than $1.8 Billion Up for Grabs: Top 5 Things California Lottery Players Should Know

MARCH 22 - As Mega Millions® Jackpot Approaches $1 Billion, CA Lottery Reminds Players to Be Responsible

MARCH 20 - $1.7 Million Winning Mega Millions® Ticket Sold at Lucky CA Lottery Shop in Sacramento

MARCH 19 - BREAKING NEWS: Mega Millions® Jackpot Just Increased to an Estimated $893 Million

MARCH 18 - $645 Million up for Grabs in Tonight’s Powerball® Drawing

MARCH 15 - California Lottery Reveals Who Won Massive $1.765 Billion Powerball® Jackpot

MARCH 13 - Dueling Jumbo Jackpots –A Winning Combination for California Schools

MARCH 12 - Jackpots Keep Jumping! Tonight’s Top Prize for Mega Millions® Offers Players a Chance at $735 Million

MARCH 11 - Powerball® Jackpot Springs Forward to $532 Million

MARCH 8 - Will There Be a Weekend Winner With $1.2 Billion in Jackpots up for Grabs?

MARCH 7 - Expressions of Excitement and Surprise From California’s Latest Winner on How He Won a $2 Million Scratchers® Prize

MARCH 6 - California Lottery Promotes Problem Gambling Awareness

MARCH 6 - California Lottery Makes Another Millionaire, While Mega Millions® Jackpot Keeps on Rolling

MARCH 5 - Mega Millions® and Powerball® Now Offering Combined Jackpots of $1.1+ Billion

MARCH 1 - Will California Lottery Get a $600 Million+ Mega Millions® Jackpot Winner Tonight? It’s Never Happened Before

February 2024 Press Releases

FEBRUARY 27 - More Than Two Million Winning Mega Millions® Tickets Sold in CA, but No Jackpot Yet in 2024

FEBRUARY 23 - Education Is Winning as Mega Millions® Jackpot Hits an Estimated $525 Million

FEBRUARY 9 - A Super Weekend Ahead: CA Lottery Announces Three New Millionaires

FEBRUARY 8 - CA Lottery Players Can Now Get Same-Day Prizes up to $1,000

FEBRUARY 7 - Mega Millions® Ticket Sold at Northern California Bowling Alley Wins More Than $1.5 Million

FEBRUARY 4 - Jackpot! One Lucky Ticket Sold in Los Angeles Hits $20 Million SuperLotto Plus® Top Prize

January 2024 Press Releases

JANUARY 30 - Two Players Spend $30 Each on CA Lottery Tickets, Both Land a Top Scratchers® Prize of $10 Million

JANUARY 11 - CA Lottery Debuts New, Bilingual Media Campaign to Raise Awareness About Its Mission to Support Funding for Public Education

JANUARY 9 - CA Lottery Announces First Mega Millions® Winners of 2024

JANUARY 2 - Even With No Jackpot Winner in California, Public Schools in the Golden State Still Win Big

JANUARY 1 - Powerball® Jackpot Rolls Into New Year at $810 Million

December 2023 Press Releases

DECEMBER 30 - CA Lottery Winner Has Only Days Left to Claim Big Powerball® Prize

DECEMBER 29 - Mission Accomplished! A Record-Setting Year for California Lottery and the Public Schools It Serves

DECEMBER 27 - BREAKING: Powerball® Jackpot Increases to $700 Million; CA Lottery Raises Additional $50+ Million for Public Education

DECEMBER 26 - A Multimillion-Dollar Christmas Present: One Lucky Ticket in California Wins $2+ Million on Powerball®

DECEMBER 25 - Will It Be ‘Claus’ for Celebration in California? $638 Million Powerball® Jackpot Could Be the Best Present Ever

DECEMBER 23 - A Busy Shopping Message From CA Lottery as Tonight’s Powerball Jackpot Is Now an Estimated $620 Million

DECEMBER 20 - California Lottery Warns Powerball® Players: Don’t Make This Mistake Ahead of Tonight’s Huge Jackpot or the Prize Will Be Forfeited!

DECEMBER 18 - Powerball® Ready to Deliver Hefty Jackpot This Holiday Season

DECEMBER 16 - Will There Be a Winter Weekend Wealth Windfall? Powerball® Jackpot up to an Estimated $535 Million Tonight

DECEMBER 15 - Sky-High Surprise: Airport Worker Is Set for Life After Winning $20 Million!

DECEMBER 13 - Lucky Mega Millions® Ticket Sold in California Wins $2.9 Million – Not Bad for Second Place!

DECEMBER 11 - How Could This Happen? Two Winning Mega Millions® Jackpot Tickets Sold at the Same Store in California

November 2023 Press Releases

NOVEMBER 29 - A Particularly Sweet Win for California Lottery’s Newest Millionaire

NOVEMBER 24 - Scratchers® Aren’t Toys: California Lottery Urges Players to Gift Responsibly This Holiday Season

NOVEMBER 23 - One Lucky CA Lottery Player Likely Extra Thankful Today With Winning Powerball® Ticket Worth $1.2+ Million

NOVEMBER 21 - ‘Quirky’ Method of Playing California Lottery Scratchers® Finally Pays off With Exciting $5 Million Win!

NOVEMBER 14 - California Lottery TV Commercials, Radio Spots, and Digital Ads Win International Acclaim for Excellence

NOVEMBER 6 - CA Lottery Makes Changes to Hot Spot® Game, Aiming to Help Both Players and Public Schools Win Bigger

NOVEMBER 2 - Self-Proclaimed ‘King of Scratchers’ Lottery Player Wins $5 Million Top Prize in Superstitious Fashion